Chapter Twenty-Four: The Great Joke of the World

In the land of Shu, Zhang Nianxin has passed the Sword Pavilion to the north of Zizhou, where there are often Qiang people in the mountains and rivers in the west, the road is not very peaceful, she knows the truth that wealth is not exposed, so she put away the two knives and the bracelet given to her by Dugu Feng, put on a simple clothes, and traveled on the road, but this time she did not wear male makeup because she was really scared by Dr. Ding when she first met Dugu Feng, that time it was Dugu Feng who gave her clothes, what if she really met a man next time...

At noon on this day, Zhang Nianxin came to the tea stall on the side of the road and ordered a bowl of tea and some fruits, which was used as lunch. Although Dugufeng gave her a lot of money, she didn't dare to spend it indiscriminately, for others it was easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it was difficult to go from luxury to thrift, but for people like her who were used to living a hard life, although she had been in Dugu's house for half a year, she still had to scold in her heart when she saw others using rice noodles as foundation: Waste food.

"Here, guest officer, your tea. You enjoy it slowly, and I'll take my leave. ”

At this time, Zhang Nianxin stopped him: "Alas, Xiao Er, don't be in a hurry to leave, I have something I want to ask you." ”

"Well, guest officer, you know, we don't do unprofitable business here. ”

Zhang Nianxin threw over a few copper plates, Xiao Er hurriedly caught them, and said flatteringly: "Thank you, don't hesitate to ask if you have anything to say." ”

"What happened to those people who were going to Changlong County just now?

"Oh," Xiao Er replied, there have been two recent incidents in Changlong County, one of which is the owner of the local Heavenly Eagle Martial Arts Hall, Wu Weifeng, known as the first sword in Shuzhong, who is going to open the museum again recently to recruit students and compete in martial arts. Whenever this time is good, all over Bashu, and rich sons who are willing to practice martial arts will come here to gather. ”

"Wu Weifeng?" Zhang Nian thought for a while and said, "Why haven't I heard of him after I stayed in Shu for half a year?"

Xiao Er said: "Hey, then you must be the master who stays at home and doesn't ask about things outside the house, this Wu Weifeng is a big man in Bashu, he took root in Changlong here twenty years ago, and created the Heavenly Eagle Martial Arts Pavilion, for more than ten years, both the black and white people in Dongchuan and Xichuan have respected him very much." And he himself is also a strong martial artist, righteous and heroic, and the people who have challenged him in Bashu for more than ten years are like fish in the Jialing River, but he has not heard of a defeat. He himself was also extremely arrogant to these people, and if he was not satisfied, he gave them money to send them away. Those who are convinced will stay and accept them as apprentices and teach the famous stunt Eagle Raising Knife Technique. Now he has accepted hundreds of apprentices, including: Flying to the Sky and Jia Ting, Tianzi to kill He Jiushi, and the Remnant Moon Sword Fu Xingyun. ”

"Stop," just as the shopkeeper was touting Wu Weifeng's exploits, Zhang Nianxin stopped him, because she always felt that she had heard of the person called Tianzi Yishi on Dugu Mansion, and said: "I asked, what is the name of Tianzi Yiyi Kill He Jiushi, does he have two mustaches, pointed chins, and a wide nose bridge." ”

Dian Xiaoer nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, Yes, He Ye has drunk tea with us before, I know what he looks like, could it be that you have also seen him?"

"Interesting, it looks like I'm going to meet this first knife in Shu. Little two, check out. After asking for money, Zhang Nianxin turned around and walked towards Changlong County......

"Well, objectively, don't you want to ask the second thing?"

Changlong County, the ancient name of Jiangyou, the general Deng Ai during the Three Kingdoms period was forced to land in this place after smuggling through Yinping, marched to Mianzhu to defeat Zhuge Zhan, and destroyed Ji Han. Now Changlong County is subordinate to Mianzhou, and after Li Longji ascended the throne, he ordered Changlong County to be renamed Changming County in order to avoid secrecy. However, after all, the people in the county have been called Changlong County for so many years, and they are used to it, so let them change the name just like changing Sichuan back to Yizhou now, they are not used to calling it at all, so now most people still call it Changlong County in private.

After two days of travel, Zhang Nianxin finally came to the outside of Dai Tianshan in the north of the county in the early morning, only to see the faint barking of dogs in the mountains mixed with the sound of flowing water, the peach blossoms with a few early morning dewdrops, and the verdant wild bamboo pierced the clouds and mist between the peaks. Looking at this scene, Zhang Nianxin was unconsciously relaxed, stopped, and stopped to admire. At this time, a poem recited by a childish child's voice sounded in her ear:

In the sound of the dog barking in the water, the peach blossoms are dewy.

When the tree is deep, I see deer, and I don't hear the bell at noon.

The wild bamboo is divided into green mist, and the flying spring hangs on the blue peak.

No one knows where to go, and they are sad to rely on two or three pines.

She looked for prestige, and saw a young man in a plain white robb shirt under an ancient pine not far away, holding on to the trunk of a tree and worrying. Zhang Nianxin quietly stepped aside, glanced at him carefully, and couldn't help but be a little distracted, but seeing that he was only about eleven or twelve years old, but his appearance and temperament were difficult to express clearly in words, in a word: his clothes were fluttering and dusty, and his face was as misty as a fairy. Seeing enough, Zhang Nianxin stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and smiled: "That handsome boy, which famous artist is the poem you recited just now?" ”

The young man turned his head and saw that it was a young sister who was patting him, and she was looking at him with a smile at the moment, so she suddenly said: "What other poems, this is the poem I made just now." ”

The smile on Zhang Nianxin's face became even stronger when he heard this, and he sneered: "If you don't learn well at a young age, you will learn to impostor." I can't say that I am omniscient and omnipotent, but you look like you are only eleven or twelve years old, and you can recite poetry, can you be the reincarnation of Ganluo? Zhang Nianxin actually didn't have any malicious intent, he just looked at him handsomely and had the intention to amuse him.

When the young man heard this, he just wanted to explain that he was studying in the Daming Temple not far away, and the monks in the temple could testify for themselves. Suddenly, he saw a wine gourd pinned to Zhang Nianxin's waist, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed to the gourd and asked, "This sister, what is in your wine gourd?"

Zhang Nianxin took it off and shook it twice in front of his eyes, and said: "Luzhou's soju, it's been playing for some time, why do you want to taste it?" This gourd is naturally Dugu Xinya, as early as when she saved Dugu Feng, she confiscated it and kept it on her waist.

As soon as he heard that it was filled with wine, the young man soaked it in his mouth, and the ambergris was about to flow down, and he said with some excitement: "That's it." Didn't you say that I didn't make this poem myself? I wrote a five-character poem in my essay when I was five years old, and now I will recite it, and if you haven't heard it, give me the good wine in this gourd, and let me drink it enough. How?"

"Yo, I didn't expect you, an eleven or twelve-year-old child, to drink. Okay, you can carry it, and I'll give it to you. In fact, Zhang Nianxin has only read books for two years, and she is definitely not a person who is well-versed in the past and the present, this child casually says an unpopular poem and comes out, and she can't know if he wrote it, she just wants to see what tricks this young man can come up with, just have fun, anyway, in the end, it's just a gourd.

I saw that the young man was chanting:

Daya has not done it for a long time, who is Chen in my decline?

Wang Feng is a vine grass, and the Warring States period is full of thorns and hazels.

Dragons and tigers eat each other, and soldiers catch crazy Qin.

The sound is so faint, complaining about the rioters.

Yang Ma agitated the waves, and opened the wandering boundless.

Although the abolition has changed, so has the charter.

Since Jian'an, the beauty is not precious.

Sundae reverts to the ancients, and the clothes are expensive and halal.

The group belongs to Xiu Ming, and the scale is leaping together.

The quality of the literature is binghuan, and the stars are Luo Qiumin.

I am determined to delete the description, and reflect the thousand springs.

If the sage is established, the pen will not be written in the award.

After reciting, the young man said triumphantly: "How, you have never heard of this five-word poem, right?" Zhang Nianxin listened, and was stunned for a while, she had not only heard this poem, but also was very familiar with it in Bashu. Seeing that she was unmoved, the young man looked at her and knew a little about her, and took the flask from her waist and drank it to his heart's content. (Regarding the song "Visiting Dai Tianshan Taoist Priest Encounter", it was roughly done by Li Taibai when he was eighteen years old, and he probably became famous during that time, but here because of the needs of the plot, it was changed.) )

Seeing his drunken appearance, Zhang Nianxin came back to his senses and snatched the wine gourd. After swaying for a while, I saw a light flutter, and it was obvious that the wine in it was gone. said helplessly to the young man: "I didn't expect that Li Taibai, the disciple of Zhao Rui, the first master in Shuzhong, was so young and promising, and a pot of wine was bottomed out in just a moment, which is really a lot." ”

The young man did smile heartily: "Ha, it's not enjoyable, although this Luzhou soju is a good wine, it is still not strong enough and not enough to make people dedicated." ”

Zhang Nianxin put away the gourd and smiled: "Heh, when I was young, I liked wine so much, and I must be a big drunkard when I grow up." ”

I saw the young man Li Bai staggering, standing unsteadily, obviously not enough to say that he was not happy, and he was already a little drunk physically and mentally, I saw him slightly drunk and laughed: "Life needs to be happy, why not drink him in the dark." ”

"Okay, okay," Zhang Nianxin straightened him and said, "I believe that poem, it was indeed written by you, after all, it was made by the first prodigy of Bashu." ”

"Hahaha, the first prodigy, don't dare to be, don't dare to be. ”

"Come on," Zhang Nianxin helped him sit down beside him, and smiled: "If you can't be called a prodigy, then how can you embarrass others." Okay, you've finished drinking the wine, and you're the famous No. 1 master in Shu, Zhao Rui? I heard that he is close to the age of six, and he still considers himself a vertical and horizontal family. I'm curious to know how he carried out his revenge during this peaceful period, and how his swordsmanship was. ”

Li Bai shook his head and said: "Master Ren Xia traveled to Tongzhou, Sword Pavilion and other places, has always been the dragon to see the head and the end, I don't know where he is going, a few days ago he sent someone to let me go to the Daming Temple where I was a child to meet with him, but today he didn't know where to go, it seems that I will continue to study in the Daming Temple and wait for him." ”

Zhang Nianxin suddenly had an idea, and said: "Alas, did you say that your master would not visit the Tianying Martial Arts Hall next door in Changlong County, I heard that the owner of the hall there, Wu Weifeng, has been competing in the museum in recent days, and your master is known as the first master in Shuzhong, and the Sword Saint of the Zongheng Family (Weizhuang Gainie: ?) Such a grand event will definitely come to join in the fun." ”

However, when Zhang Nianxin finished speaking, Li Bai looked at her with a stupid expression. Zhang Nianxin was so uncomfortable: "What, is there something wrong with what I said?"

Li Bai smiled contemptuously: "My home is in Qinglian Township, which is not far from here, do you think I won't know what level of martial arts this Wu Weiying is after living here for many years?"

Zhang Nianxin was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

"Hey," Li Bai clapped his hands and said, "When I worshipped my master as a teacher, this guy sent a lot of money to my house and didn't let me invite my master to their martial arts hall, saying that he was afraid that his martial arts hall would be too small to accommodate him, a real dragon." Later, my vertical and horizontal swordsmanship Xiaocheng tried it with a few disciples of their martial arts hall in the future. You say such a useless disciple, such a lack of confidence. Is he worthy of the first knife in Shu? ”

After listening to Li Bai's arrogant words, Zhang Nianxin also had a little understanding of this martial arts hall in his heart, and smiled: "If it weren't for the confidence of a famous teacher, who would dare to talk like you." ”

"Oh, that's right" Li Bai pulled her sleeve and coquettishly said: "I've been talking for so long, sister, you haven't told me your name and origin, tell me quickly." ”

Zhang Nianxin smiled: "Under the surname Zhang Nianxin, there is no word, a native of Jiangling, Jingzhou." ”

"Jingzhou?" As soon as he heard that she was from Shannan Dongdao, Li Bai immediately became interested, and said with some excitement: "That sister Zhang has been to Xiangyang." ”

Zhang Nianxin nodded.

Li Bai asked more excitedly: "Sister, have you ever seen the poet star Mengshanren, you must have heard his poems, right?" ”

Zhang Nianxin pulled his sleeve out of his hand, thought for a moment, and said: "Meng Shanren? Oh, you're talking about Meng Haoran, right? I have heard several of his poems, although I don't know much about poetry, but I can almost understand some of the things written in his poems, such as the poem of the old man. It's a pity that when I entered Sichuan, he had already lived in seclusion with Zhang Zirong in Lumen Mountain, and I didn't see him. ”

Hearing that Zhang Nianxin had never seen Meng Haoran either, the young man Li Bai sighed in disappointment: "Alas~" Zhang Nianxin patted his head and said, "Okay, you haven't been able to know from me what you want to know, I've been here for a long time, so I'm leaving." Saying that Zhang Nianxin was about to leave, the young Li Bai stopped her at this time: "Slow, sister, are you going to the Eagle Martial Arts Hall to have a good time?"

Zhang Nianxin stopped, turned around and asked, "You know so?"

"Hahaha," Li Bai said triumphantly: "Although he is wearing a simple autumn dress, he is carrying a long knife wrapped in white cloth behind his back, and there are thick calluses on his hands. I asked so many things related to the Sky Eagle Martial Arts Hall, obviously I also went to join in the fun like those heroes of the rivers and lakes. ”

Zhang Nianxin smiled slightly and said: "What you said is right, but," Zhang Nianxin took off the cloth roll behind his back, and pulled out two knives with a snort: "You guessed the number of knives wrong, one of these two knives is called Jingfan, and the other is called Jueying." ”

When Li Bai heard this, he burst out laughing: "Hahahahaha, the name of the two mounts of the Wei Kingdom in ancient times." ”

Zhang Nianxin looked at him like this, and her lungs were about to explode with anger: Master, can't you be serious when you come up with your name?

Li Bai stopped laughing and said, "I thought about it, but it's a pity that I didn't bring the Qinglian Sword today." ”

Zhang Nianxin pursed his lips: "What are you crazy about? ”

Li Bai was also angry on the spot and said: "Don't underestimate me, my master said that I have the qualifications to become a sword immortal, and it is not certain that you and I will test who will die." ”

Zhang Nianxin threw the longer Jueying to him with his backhand and said: "That's good, one inch long and one inch strong, if you are not familiar with the knife technique, use the long one, I use the short one, and the two of us will win two out of three games." However, the two of us said that whoever loses a game will owe each other a pot of wine. When Li Bai heard that there was wine to drink, he readily agreed.

However, no matter how good Li Bai's talent is, he is too immature after all, and Zhang Nianxin and her father both crawled out of the pile of dead people, and their knife skills are naturally extremely sharp, and Li Bai also lost two rounds without any suspense. Zhang Nianxin put away the shadow, looked at the dejected Li Baiyaowu and said proudly: "Remember to go home and prepare two pots of good wine." "Say goodbye and leave.

At noon, Zhang Nianxin finally came to the Tianying Martial Arts Hall in the west of Changlong County, and saw that this martial arts hall seemed to be a bowl city in the sheep intestine path, which was extremely magnificent. At this moment, she saw that the people who were all in the rivers and lakes here, so she no longer hid, and put on the white background and blue lining silver button Lingyun shirt given to her by Master Liancheng, her hair was coiled into a bun at the back of her head, and the rest were scattered at random behind her head. She pulled down one of the men and said, "Alas, this little brother, didn't you say that the Heavenly Eagle Martial Arts Hall opened this time to recruit apprentices? Why did so many people come here like his birthday?"

"Hey," the man waved his hand: "Brother Wu Weifeng is very bold, and he is good for his apprentices and friends, even an unknown junior like you has had good wine and good food in the past." Therefore, at this time of year, some poor people who practice martial arts will come here for a meal, and by the way, they will witness the demeanor and skills of Brother Wu. ”

Hearing him say this, Zhang Nianxin couldn't help but remember that he had no money when he crossed the Han River, and he picked up the silver money on the dead to make entanglements. It's really a penny that stumped the heroes of the whole world.

Walking into the bowl city, the winding corridor inside, like a labyrinth city, everyone in the martial arts arena led by Wu Weifeng's disciples, there were about 100 guests who came, such as Changming County Linglu Qiu Xiao, other black and white leaders such as: Iron Fist Winter, Tanhua Dao Lu Yishou and others all sat in the attic above with Wu Weiyang, and people like Zhang Nianxin, who were not famous, could only form a table with everyone else in the lobby below. At the wine table, she met the man she asked before, and when she saw Zhang Nianxin, he arched his hand: "Yo, this girl, let's meet again, let me introduce, in Xia Liu Jia, a native of western Sichuan, an unknown person." (This name is troublesome, so let's call him Liu Sandao later.) )

Zhang Nianxin returned: "Jiangling, Zhang Nianxin, is also an unknown person. ”

"Hehe," Liu Sandao sat next to her and whispered, "Miss Zhang, you are really bold to sit here." But I want to advise you, the people sitting here are a bunch of big bosses. You're a girl's family is really a bit eye-catching, I advise you to go over there. As he spoke, Liu Sandao pointed to a seat next to him, which was full of female dependents and some richly dressed rich sons, where Zhang Nianxin also found an old friend - Duguhui, the eldest son of the Bashu Dugu family. But at the moment he was drinking and drinking hotly, and he didn't see him at all.

After looking at it, Zhang Nianxin smiled slightly: "Thank you for your kindness, but where I want to sit is my freedom, unless the master comes to chase me, I won't move." Zhang Nianxin didn't know that the eyes of the people around her were a little abnormal, after all, a woman with a fairly delicate face appeared in a group of big men, and anyone would be a little surprised. But she is still very confident in her martial arts. In addition, she herself can stay at the bottom of the river in the cold winter and then kill more than a dozen people in a row. Of course, she really doesn't want to run into Duguhui, a rich boy like a straw bag.

At this time, a shout came from the attic above: "Please be quiet, the master has something to say." And the person who shouted was Wu Weifeng's disciple: Tianzi kills, He Jiushi.

When Duguhui saw him, he couldn't help but be stunned, and said in his heart: Cao, why are you this guy.